Collar for personal wear



H, S. HELE-SHAW COLLAB Filed Harsh l, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l 5 the twobands of a sti Patented Julyll, 1933 imIran!A riss PATENT,

HENRY snLnYHELE-SHAW, or' LONDON, ENGLAND COLLAR non rERsoNAL 'WEARApplieation led Earch 1, 1932, Serial No.:` 96,098, and'in'Great'BrtanDecember `8, 1.931.

The present invention comprises a collar for personal wear of the doubleorturn-over kind which provides ease of movement and freedom ofadjustment of the necktie between (as opposed to a soft) collar. M

The double or turn-over `collar for neckwear presents a geometricproblem of difficulty as not'only must the necktie move freely J10 whenthe fold is made between the outer yand inner bands and the collar bentroundA the neck but the edge of the fold must be smooth and even. A

The invention will be described and eX- plained with reference to theaccompanying drawings.

Fig. l shows a straight piece of material which has been folded overinthe form of a collar.

Fig. 2 shows'the effect of bending the article illustrated in Fig. lround the neck and with a necktie between the bands.

Fig. 3 shows a flat piece of more or less stiff material, such'asstarched linen, linen covered paper, Celluloid or other material usedfor making collars in which corrugations have been made extendinginwards from one edge to the line L-i with the material in flat form. l

Fig. 4 shows eifect of folding the article of Fig. 3 alono' the line f-gand bending it round the netck.

Fig.y 6 shows various forms of corrugation round into the usualform,'and

Fig. 8 shows a modied form ofthe corrugation in which small ridges Iorprojections edge of the band.

Referring to Figs. land- 2, a straight piece of material having twostraight kparallel sides is folded along its middle line in the form ofa collar of which@ is the inner band and b' the outer-band'. When thiscollar is bent the part which will. constitute the inner band l theyFig. 7 shows a collar corrugated andbent are formedon the corrugationsat'the outerv round the neck als de fmed', barges .a being produced inthe inner bandfand deformations cl in theV top edge. The deformationofthe collar causes the tie e to be gripped sov that considerableforeewould have'to be employed to move the tie between the inner and ofmaterial which mayfbefoldedalong its middleline f-'g to for1n= a collarin'which `outer bands. Fig. 3 shows a similarV flat piece has beenprovided with tapering eorrugations (as shownat extending vinwards fromits edge tothe line /L-c'. I lThe corrugatinghas been Veffected whilethe material l was flat. Vhen-the material is thereafter foldedalong thevline f-g and the article is bent round-in the form of a collar as shownin Fig. 4 bulges c still appear in the inner band but the edge of thefold is smooth. At the Sametime,

however, an easy and smoothV movement is-` 'provided' for the tie due tothe flexibility which has been imparted to the -band by the corrugationsy'. l

` If now the piece of material is irst bent, along its middle line andthe part which willv constitute'theouter band b is allowed to stand at aconsiderable angle',l preferably a right angle, to the part'which willconstitute the inner band Vawhile the corrugations are formed intheinner band, then the lower edge (Fig. 5) will become curved and whensuch a collar is bent` round the neck as shown' in Fig. `75 the bulgescof'Figs.'2 and 4 no longer appearand-a space may even be prokducedbetween the inner' and 'nnfr bands.

It is now found-that the tie will move `freely betweenthe inner andouter bands. The corrugations maybe of various shapes,

certain forms being shown in Fig. 6. rFheA corrugations are deepest atthe lower edge of the inner band and they extend. across ap- 10o i ldescribed more particularly in the specifica-V Y j tionof my co-pendingapplication -NoL 640,-"V 308, filed October 29,1932. p

YIn the'm'odification' of' the Vinvention 'illustrated in Fig. 8projections or ridges Z are Vformed .on certain of thevinwardly-project-l ing parts of the corrugations on the'inside act ofcorrugating.

-ilnportancein the manufacture` of so-called of the inner band near thelower edge 7c. These ridges or projections Z assist in keeping the tiein position between the inner and outer bands. Y

The invention has been described as applied to a collar formed from aflat parallel edged piece of material but it will be understood that itcan be applied to a collar formed from a shaped piece of material ortoan existing collar when the beneiits of the invention will accrue. Thematerial ofthe collar may be linen, linen faced paper, paper, Celluloidor other material.

The invention provides ailexibility' in the inner band combined withincreased rigidity in the vertical direction. VThis produces a collarVwhich is comfortable to wear and4 prevents injury to the necktie or thestud holes of thecollar. The necessity of forminga linenv collar of twopieces of diiierentcurvature at the turnover band is avoided. y It stiimaterial for a collar is first bent over .along the turnover edge andthe inner band corrugated whilst the outer band is allowed to take upits natural curve the length of a collar is not appreciably changed (thematerial not being stretched) although the o-verall length of the loweredge oi the inner band is shortened..

It is found that after washing linen collars-` according to theinvention the corrugations disappear and the collar when ,subsequentlystarched is not materiallyaltered in length, so that it remains ofthespecified standard size. i

It will be observed that by reason of this invention a collar can bemanufactured from a single piece of usual material; thisV material doesnot even need to be curved at the edge that is to be the lower edgeofthe innerband, since the desired curve canbe produced by the This is ofconsiderable paper and other cheap collars as it provides the necessaryspring.

l. A method of producing a stift' double collar with freedom for tiemanipulation from a single piece of stiff plane material by bending thematerial alonga turn-over line to form it into an inner and an outerband, and providing the collar with curvature by impressing, while Itheinner band is at a considerable angle to the outer band, in

the inner band and along approximately its whole length a large numberof closely-disposed tapering corrugations of small arc blending into oneanother laterally and extending transversely from the lower 'edge of theband approximately to the line of the turnoverso as to shorten theoverall length i of the lower edge of the band without, to. anyappreciable extent, altering the actual.

,65- size of the collar -or stretching the materialof theinner band. f

Vform it into an inner and anouter band,

and providing the lcollar with the whole cur- `vature necessary byimpressing,y while the inner band is at a considerable angle to theouter band,'in the inner band and along approximately its whole length alarge num@ ber of closely-disposed tapering corrugati'ons of ,small arcblending into one another laterally and extending transversely from thelower edge of the band approximatelyyto the; line of the turnover so asto shorten the overalllength of the` lower edge of the band without, toany appreciable extent, altering ltheactual size of the collar orstretching the material of the inner band.

A method'otproducing La double collar with freedom for tie manipulationwhich comprises impressing yin the inner band of the collar and along`substantially its ywhole length a large number of closely disposed.corrugations extending transversely from the lower edge 'of the bandsubstantially to the line of the turnover, while maintaining .the outerband ina curved position.

A l. A stiff collar comprising innerand outer bands, said inner bandhaving a large numberot` closely disposed corrugations arrangedalongsubstantially its .whole length v'and extending transversely fromthe .lower edge of theV band v` to points adjacent the juncture of theinner and outer bands, and

vridges .arrangedon portions ofthe corrugations adjacent the lower edgeof the ,band and adapted to. engage the lower margin of a tie arrangedin the collar. y

5. A method ot producing a sti'r1 double collarwith freedom for tiemanipulation, which' method comprises bending the mate- Ariala-long a`straight turn-over line to form it into an inner and an outer band, andproviding the-collar with the whole curvature necessary by impressing,while the inner band is at a considerable Aangle `to the outer band andthe outer band is curved with its inner face concave, in the inner bandand along approximately its whjole length a large numberot'closely-d-isposed'tapering corrugations of small width blending intoone an- Iother laterally and extending `transversely through the 'loweredge of the band approximatelfyto the line of the turnover so as toshortenl the-overall length of the lower edge otfthe saidinner bandwithout, to any appreciable extent, altering the actual size of lthecollar or stretching the material. of the inner'band., y

Dated tthis S17 th Vday' of February, 1932.

HENRYLSELBY' HELE-SHAW.

